Example sentences of "[vb base] themselves from [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they dissociate themselves from the academic world of their time , they are making the time-honoured mystical point that what Wordsworth would call ‘ the meddling intellect ’ had nothing to do with the vision of God . |
| 2 | They use delinquent criteria in order to distance themselves as far as possible from conventional ones , and hence insulate themselves from a sense of failure . |
| 3 | And it will be an exclusivist world in which the rich countries insulate themselves from the pressure of migration , and the threat of terrorism . |
| 4 | Only with an effort did those who had been to all the other parties locate one another and separate themselves from the mob . |
| 5 | Spermatozoa injected into the female body — by ejaculation during coitus ( sexual intercourse ) or , perhaps , by artificial processes — propel themselves from the vagina into the uterus . |
| 6 | Simply expressed , in a situation in which voters detach themselves from a close identification with parties then issues come to assume a greater significance in voting behaviour and electoral choice . |
| 7 | The X 's silently detach themselves from the numbers on either side and become multiplication signs . |
| 8 | In the novel , humans keep animals to demonstrate their empathy and differentiate themselves from the robots , but the irony is that radiation has killed off almost all real species , and the goats , horses and sheep which people keep are electric androids as well . |
| 9 | Again in 1699 , criticism was levied of , ‘ … the Mayor and Constables for not punishing of wicked and lazy persons , both old and young , who absent themselves from the service of God and profane the Sabbath Day ’ . |
| 10 | Self-worth motivated children protect themselves from the risk of failure on a high status task ; they maintain that they could succeed , but see no point in making the effort . |
| 11 | In some cases , incentives are being given by management to workers who disassoc disassociate themselves from the unions , leading to hostility and antagonism within the workplace between workers who have traditionally been united in furthering industrial relations . |
| 12 | The mass of working people , as they liberate themselves from the bourgeois yoke , will gravitate irresistibly towards us … provided yesterday 's oppressions do not infringe the long oppressed nation 's highly developed democratic feeling of self-respect and provided they are granted equality in everything . |
| 13 | As humans liberate themselves from the constraints of nature ( scarce resources ) through technology , there comes about a domination of nature . |
| 14 | In other UDC areas local authorities and UDC Boards are working together to ensure that there is some balance to redevelopment , and officials are making great efforts to reassure residents and distance themselves from the LDDC experience . |